Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 21
SiP 1 21.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे प्र- विद्येश्वरसंहितायां साध्यसाधनखण्डे पार्थिवशिवलिंगपूजाविधिवर्णनं नाम विंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २१ ऋषय ऊचुः सूतसूतमहाभागव्यासशिष्यनमोस्तुते ॥ शिव्प्_१,२१। १अब्। सम्यगुक्तंत्वयातातपार्थिवार्चाविधानकम्
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pra- vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe pārthivaśivaliṃgapūjāvidhivarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 21 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ sūtasūtamahābhāgavyāsaśiṣyanamostute // śivp_1,21. 1ab/ samyaguktaṃtvayātātapārthivārcāvidhānakam
Thus the twentieth chapter, called "The Description of the Rite of Worshipping the Earthen Śiva-liṅga," in the Sādhya-sādhana section of the Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā, the first (part) of the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 21. The sages said: O Sūta, Sūta, greatly fortunate one, disciple of Vyāsa, homage to you! You have well declared, dear one, the rule for the worship of the earthen (liṅga).
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SiP 1 21.2
कामनाभेदमाश्रित्यसंख्यांब्रूहिविधानतः शिवपार्थिवलिंगानां कृपयादीनवत्सल
kāmanābhedamāśrityasaṃkhyāṃbrūhividhānataḥ śivapārthivaliṃgānāṃ kṛpayādīnavatsala
According to the difference of desires, tell (us) the number in due form — the number of Śiva's earthen liṅgas — out of compassion, O you who are kind to the humble.
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SiP 1 21.3
सूत उवाच शृणुध्वमृषयः सर्वेपार्थिवार्चाविधानकम् यस्यानुष्ठानमात्रेणकृतकृत्योभवेन्नरः
sūta uvāca śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarvepārthivārcāvidhānakam yasyānuṣṭhānamātreṇakṛtakṛtyobhavennaraḥ
Sūta said: Hear, all you sages, the rule for the worship of the earthen (liṅga), by the mere performance of which a man becomes one who has done what is to be done.
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SiP 1 21.4
अकृत्वा पार्थिवं लिंगं योन्यदेवंप्रपूजयेत् वृथाभवतिसापूजादमदानादिकंवृथा
akṛtvā pārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ yonyadevaṃprapūjayet vṛthābhavatisāpūjādamadānādikaṃvṛthā
If, without making an earthen liṅga, one should worship any other deity, that worship becomes fruitless, and (his) self-restraint, gifts and the rest are fruitless.
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SiP 1 21.5
संख्यापार्थिवलिंगानांयथाकामंनिगद्यते संख्यासद्योमुनिश्रेष्ठनिश्चयेनफलप्रदा
saṃkhyāpārthivaliṃgānāṃyathākāmaṃnigadyate saṃkhyāsadyomuniśreṣṭhaniścayenaphalapradā
The number of earthen liṅgas is declared according to (each) desire; the number, O best of sages, assuredly grants the fruit at once.
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SiP 1 21.6
प्रथमावाहनंतत्रप्रतिष्ठापूजनंपृथक् लिंगाकारंसमंतत्रसर्वंज्ञेयंपृथक्पृथक्
prathamāvāhanaṃtatrapratiṣṭhāpūjanaṃpṛthak liṃgākāraṃsamaṃtatrasarvaṃjñeyaṃpṛthakpṛthak
There, first is the invocation, then the installation and the worship separately; the liṅga's form there is uniform — all this is to be known item by item.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 21.7
विद्यार्थीपुरुषःप्रीत्यासहस्रमितपार्थिवम् पूजयेच्छिवलिंगंहिनिश्चयात्तत्फलप्रदम्
vidyārthīpuruṣaḥprītyāsahasramitapārthivam pūjayecchivaliṃgaṃhiniścayāttatphalapradam
A man desiring learning should with devotion worship an earthen Śiva-liṅga to the measure of a thousand; assuredly that grants (its) fruit.
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SiP 1 21.8
नरःपार्थिवलिंगानांधनार्थीचतदर्धकम् पुत्रार्थीसार्धसाहस्रंवस्त्रार्थीशतपञ्चक्रम्
naraḥpārthivaliṃgānāṃdhanārthīcatadardhakam putrārthīsārdhasāhasraṃvastrārthīśatapañcakram
A man desiring wealth (should worship) half that number of earthen liṅgas; one desiring a son, one thousand five hundred; one desiring clothing, five hundred.
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SiP 1 21.9
मोक्षार्थीकोटिगुणितंभूकामश्चसहस्रकम् दयार्थीचत्रिसाहस्रंतीर्थार्थीद्विसहस्रकम्
mokṣārthīkoṭiguṇitaṃbhūkāmaścasahasrakam dayārthīcatrisāhasraṃtīrthārthīdvisahasrakam
One desiring liberation, a crore-fold; one desiring land, a thousand; one desiring compassion, three thousand; one desiring (the fruit of) sacred fords, two thousand.
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SiP 1 21.10
सुहृत्कामीत्रिसाहस्रंवश्यार्थीशतमष्टकम् मारणार्थीसप्तशतंमोहनार्थीशताष्टकम्
suhṛtkāmītrisāhasraṃvaśyārthīśatamaṣṭakam māraṇārthīsaptaśataṃmohanārthīśatāṣṭakam
One desiring a friend, three thousand; one desiring subjugation, eight hundred; one desiring to kill, seven hundred; one desiring to bewitch, eight hundred.
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SiP 1 21.11
उच्चाटनपरश्चैवसहस्रंचयथोक्ततः स्तंभनार्थीसहस्रंतुद्वेषणार्थी तदर्धकम्
uccāṭanaparaścaivasahasraṃcayathoktataḥ staṃbhanārthīsahasraṃtudveṣaṇārthī tadardhakam
And one intent on driving (an enemy) away, a thousand, as stated; one desiring to paralyse, a thousand; one desiring to create enmity, half that.
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SiP 1 21.12
निगडान्मुक्तिकामस्तुसहस्रंसर्धमुत्तमम् महाराजभयेपञ्चशतंज्ञेयंविचक्षणैः
nigaḍānmuktikāmastusahasraṃsardhamuttamam mahārājabhayepañcaśataṃjñeyaṃvicakṣaṇaiḥ
One desiring release from fetters, one thousand five hundred is best; in fear of a great king, five hundred is to be known by the discerning.
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SiP 1 21.13
चौरादिसंकटेज्ञेयंपार्थिवानांशतद्वयम् डाकिन्यादिभयेपञ्चशतमुक्तंजपार्थिवम्
caurādisaṃkaṭejñeyaṃpārthivānāṃśatadvayam ḍākinyādibhayepañcaśatamuktaṃjapārthivam
In danger from thieves and the like, two hundred earthen (liṅgas) are to be known; in fear of ḍākinīs and the like, five hundred earthen (liṅgas) are declared.
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SiP 1 21.14
दारिद्र्येपञ्चसाहस्रमयुतंसर्वकामदम् अथनित्यविधिंवक्ष्येशृणुध्वंमुनिसत्तमाः
dāridryepañcasāhasramayutaṃsarvakāmadam athanityavidhiṃvakṣyeśṛṇudhvaṃmunisattamāḥ
In poverty, five thousand; ten thousand grants all desires. Now I shall tell the daily rule; hear, O best of sages.
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SiP 1 21.15
एकंपापहरंप्रोक्तंद्विलिंगंचार्थसिद्धिदम् त्रिलिंगंसर्वकामानांकारणंपरमीरितम्
ekaṃpāpaharaṃproktaṃdviliṃgaṃcārthasiddhidam triliṃgaṃsarvakāmānāṃkāraṇaṃparamīritam
One (liṅga) is said to remove sin; two liṅgas grant success in wealth; three liṅgas are declared the supreme cause (of the fulfilment) of all desires.
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SiP 1 21.16
उत्तरोत्तरमेवंस्यात्पूर्वोक्तगणानाविधि मतांतरमथोवक्ष्येसंख्यायांमुनिभेदतः
uttarottaramevaṃsyātpūrvoktagaṇānāvidhi matāṃtaramathovakṣyesaṃkhyāyāṃmunibhedataḥ
Thus it would be (fruit) higher and higher (with each addition), by the rule of the aforesaid groups; now I shall state another opinion regarding the number, according to the difference among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 21.17
लिंगानामयुतंकृत्वापार्थिवानांसुबुद्धिमान् निर्भयोहिभवेन्नूनंमहाराजभयंहरेत्
liṃgānāmayutaṃkṛtvāpārthivānāṃsubuddhimān nirbhayohibhavennūnaṃmahārājabhayaṃharet
Having made ten thousand earthen liṅgas, the wise man surely becomes free from fear, and (thereby) removes the fear of a great king.
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SiP 1 21.18
कारागृहादिमुक्त्यर्थमयुतंकारयेद्बुधः डाकिन्यादिभयेसप्तसहस्रंकारयेत्तथा
kārāgṛhādimuktyarthamayutaṃkārayedbudhaḥ ḍākinyādibhayesaptasahasraṃkārayettathā
For the sake of release from prison and the like, the wise man should have ten thousand made; likewise in fear of ḍākinīs and the like he should have seven thousand made.
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SiP 1 21.19
सहस्राणिपञ्चपञ्चाशदपुत्रःप्रकारयेत् लिंगानामयुतेनैवकन्यकासंततिंलभेत्
sahasrāṇipañcapañcāśadaputraḥprakārayet liṃgānāmayutenaivakanyakāsaṃtatiṃlabhet
A sonless man should have fifty-five thousand made; by ten thousand liṅgas he obtains female offspring.
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SiP 1 21.20
लिंगानामयुतेनैवविष्ण्वादैश्वर्यमाप्नुयात् लिंगानांप्रयुतेनैवह्यतुलांश्रियमाप्नुयात्
liṃgānāmayutenaivaviṣṇvādaiśvaryamāpnuyāt liṃgānāṃprayutenaivahyatulāṃśriyamāpnuyāt
By ten thousand liṅgas one obtains the lordship of Viṣṇu and the rest; by a million liṅgas one obtains incomparable prosperity.
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SiP 1 21.21
कोटिमेकांतुलिंगानां यः करोतिनरोभुवि शिव एवभवेत्सोपिनात्रकार्या विचारणा
koṭimekāṃtuliṃgānāṃ yaḥ karotinarobhuvi śiva evabhavetsopinātrakāryā vicāraṇā
The man on earth who makes one crore of liṅgas — he becomes Śiva himself; no doubt need be entertained here.
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SiP 1 21.22
अर्चा पार्थिवलिंगानां कोटियज्ञफलप्रदा भुक्तिदामुक्तिदानित्यंततःकामर्थिनांनृणाम्
arcā pārthivaliṃgānāṃ koṭiyajñaphalapradā bhuktidāmuktidānityaṃtataḥkāmarthināṃnṛṇām
Worship of earthen liṅgas gives the fruit of a crore of sacrifices; therefore it is always a giver of enjoyment and a giver of liberation for men who desire (their) aims.
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SiP 1 21.23
विनालिंगार्चनं यस्य कालोगच्छति नित्यशः महाहानिर्भवेत्तस्यदुर्वृत्तस्यदुरात्मनः
vināliṃgārcanaṃ yasya kālogacchati nityaśaḥ mahāhānirbhavettasyadurvṛttasyadurātmanaḥ
He whose time passes constantly without worship of the liṅga — great loss comes to that ill-conducted, evil-souled man.
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SiP 1 21.24
एकतः सर्वदानानि व्रतानि विविधानि च तीर्थानिनियमायज्ञालिंगार्चाचैकतः स्मृता
ekataḥ sarvadānāni vratāni vividhāni ca tīrthāniniyamāyajñāliṃgārcācaikataḥ smṛtā
On one side all gifts, and vows of various kinds, pilgrimage-places, observances, sacrifices — and on the other side the worship of the liṅga: so it is remembered.
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SiP 1 21.25
कलौलिंगार्चनंश्रेष्ठंतथालोकेप्रदृश्यते तथानास्तीति शास्त्राणामेष सिद्धान्तनिश्चयः
kalauliṃgārcanaṃśreṣṭhaṃtathālokepradṛśyate tathānāstīti śāstrāṇāmeṣa siddhāntaniścayaḥ
In the Kali age the worship of the liṅga is the best, and so it is seen in the world; that there is nothing (better) — this is the settled conclusion of the scriptures.
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SiP 1 21.26
भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदंलिंगं विविधापन्निवारणम् पूजयित्वानरोनित्यं शिवसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्
bhuktimuktipradaṃliṃgaṃ vividhāpannivāraṇam pūjayitvānaronityaṃ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt
The liṅga bestows enjoyment and liberation and wards off manifold calamities; having worshipped (it) constantly, a man would attain union with Śiva.
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SiP 1 21.27
शिवानाममयं लिंगंनित्यं पूज्यं महर्षिभिः यतश्च सर्वलिंगेषु तस्मात्पूज्यंविधानतः
śivānāmamayaṃ liṃgaṃnityaṃ pūjyaṃ maharṣibhiḥ yataśca sarvaliṃgeṣu tasmātpūjyaṃvidhānataḥ
The liṅga, consisting of Śiva's name, is always to be worshipped by the great sages; and since (it is foremost) among all liṅgas, therefore it is to be worshipped according to the rules.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 21.28
उत्तमं मध्यमं नीचं त्रिविधं लिंगमीरितम् मानतो मुनिशार्दूलास्तच्छृणुध्वं वदाम्यहम्
uttamaṃ madhyamaṃ nīcaṃ trividhaṃ liṃgamīritam mānato muniśārdūlāstacchṛṇudhvaṃ vadāmyaham
The liṅga is declared to be of three kinds by measure — highest, middling, and low; hear that, O tigers among sages: I shall tell it.
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SiP 1 21.29
चतुरंगुलमुच्छ्रायंरम्यंवेदिकयायुतम् उत्तमंलिंगमाख्यातंमुनिभिःशास्त्रकोविदैः
caturaṃgulamucchrāyaṃramyaṃvedikayāyutam uttamaṃliṃgamākhyātaṃmunibhiḥśāstrakovidaiḥ
Four fingers in height, beautiful, furnished with a pedestal — that is called the highest liṅga by the sages who are versed in the scriptures.
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SiP 1 21.30
तदर्धंमध्यमंप्रोक्तंतदर्धमघमंस्मृतम् इत्थंत्रिविधमाख्यातमुत्तरोत्तरतःपरम्
tadardhaṃmadhyamaṃproktaṃtadardhamaghamaṃsmṛtam itthaṃtrividhamākhyātamuttarottarataḥparam
Half of that is said to be middling, half of that is held to be the lowest; thus it is declared to be of three kinds, each later one surpassing (the former).
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SiP 1 21.31
अनेकलिंगंयोनित्यंभक्तिश्रद्धासमन्वितः पूजयेत्सलभेत्कामान्मनसा मानसेप्सितान्
anekaliṃgaṃyonityaṃbhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaḥ pūjayetsalabhetkāmānmanasā mānasepsitān
He who, endowed with devotion and faith, constantly worships many liṅgas obtains with his mind the desires wished for in his mind.
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SiP 1 21.32
नलिंगाराधनादन्यत्पुण्यंवेदचतुष्टये विद्यतेसर्वशास्त्राणामेष एवविनिश्चयः
naliṃgārādhanādanyatpuṇyaṃvedacatuṣṭaye vidyatesarvaśāstrāṇāmeṣa evaviniścayaḥ
There is no merit in the four Vedas other than the worship of the liṅga: this alone is the conclusion of all the scriptures.
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SiP 1 21.33
सर्वमेतत्परित्यज्यकर्मजालमशेषतः भक्त्यापरमया विद्वांल्लिंगमेकंप्रपूजयेत्
sarvametatparityajyakarmajālamaśeṣataḥ bhaktyāparamayā vidvāṃlliṃgamekaṃprapūjayet
Abandoning all this net of rites entirely, let the wise man worship one liṅga with supreme devotion.
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SiP 1 21.34
लिंगेर्चितेर्चितंसर्वंजगत्स्थावरजंगमम् संसारांबुधिमग्नानांनान्यत्तारणसाधनम्
liṃgercitercitaṃsarvaṃjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam saṃsārāṃbudhimagnānāṃnānyattāraṇasādhanam
When the liṅga is worshipped, the whole world, moving and unmoving, is worshipped; for those sunk in the ocean of transmigration there is no other means of crossing over.
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SiP 1 21.35
अज्ञानतिमिरांधानांविषयासक्तचेतसाम् प्लवोनान्योस्तिजगतिलिंगाराधनमंतरा
ajñānatimirāṃdhānāṃviṣayāsaktacetasām plavonānyostijagatiliṃgārādhanamaṃtarā
For those blinded by the darkness of ignorance, whose minds are attached to the objects of sense, there is no other raft in the world apart from the worship of the liṅga.
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SiP 1 21.36
हरिब्रह्मादयोदेवामुनयोयक्षराक्षसाः गंधर्वाश्चरणास्सिद्धादैतेयादानवास्तथा
haribrahmādayodevāmunayoyakṣarākṣasāḥ gaṃdharvāścaraṇāssiddhādaiteyādānavāstathā
The gods beginning with Viṣṇu and Brahmā, the sages, yakṣas, rākṣasas, gandharvas, cāraṇas, siddhas, and likewise the sons of Diti and the Dānavas,
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SiP 1 21.37
नागाःशेषप्रभृतयोगरुडाद्याःखगास्तथा सप्रजापतयश्चान्येमनवःकिन्नरानराः
nāgāḥśeṣaprabhṛtayogaruḍādyāḥkhagāstathā saprajāpatayaścānyemanavaḥkinnarānarāḥ
the nāgas beginning with Śeṣa, and the birds beginning with Garuḍa, and, along with the Prajāpatis, others — the Manus, kinnaras, and men —
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SiP 1 21.38
पूजयित्वामहाभक्त्यालिंगंसर्वार्थसिद्धिदम् प्राप्ताःकामानभीष्टांश्चतांस्तान्सर्वान्हृदिस्थितान्
pūjayitvāmahābhaktyāliṃgaṃsarvārthasiddhidam prāptāḥkāmānabhīṣṭāṃścatāṃstānsarvānhṛdisthitān
having worshipped with great devotion the liṅga that grants the fulfilment of all aims, they obtained all those desired wishes that lay in their hearts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.39
ब्राह्मणःक्षत्रियोवैश्यःशूद्रोवाप्रतिलोमजः पूजयेत्सततंलिंगंतत्तन्मंत्रेणसादरम्
brāhmaṇaḥkṣatriyovaiśyaḥśūdrovāpratilomajaḥ pūjayetsatataṃliṃgaṃtattanmaṃtreṇasādaram
A brāhmaṇa, a kṣatriya, a vaiśya, a śūdra, or one born of a reverse (mixed) union — let him constantly worship the liṅga respectfully with the mantra appropriate to each.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.40
किंबहूक्तेनमुनयःस्त्रीणामपितथान्यतः अधिकारोस्तिसर्वेषांशिवलिंगार्चनेद्विजाः
kiṃbahūktenamunayaḥstrīṇāmapitathānyataḥ adhikārostisarveṣāṃśivaliṃgārcanedvijāḥ
What need of many words, sages? Women too, and likewise others, (may do it): all have the right to the worship of the Śiva-liṅga, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.41
द्विजानांवैदिकेनापिमार्गेणाराधनंवरम् अन्येषामपिजंतूनांवैदिकेननसंमतम्
dvijānāṃvaidikenāpimārgeṇārādhanaṃvaram anyeṣāmapijaṃtūnāṃvaidikenanasaṃmatam
For the twice-born, worship by the Vedic path is best; but for other creatures the Vedic (path) is not approved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.42
वैदिकानांद्विजानांचपूजावैदिकमार्गतः कर्तव्यानान्यमार्गेण इत्याहभगवाञ्छिवः
vaidikānāṃdvijānāṃcapūjāvaidikamārgataḥ kartavyānānyamārgeṇa ityāhabhagavāñchivaḥ
And for Vedic twice-born men the worship is to be done by the Vedic path, not by another path — so said the Lord Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.43
दधीच गौतमादीनांशापेनादग्धचेतसाम् द्विजानां जायतेश्रद्धानैव वैदिककर्मणि
dadhīca gautamādīnāṃśāpenādagdhacetasām dvijānāṃ jāyateśraddhānaiva vaidikakarmaṇi
But for twice-born men whose minds have been scorched by the curse of Dadhīca and Gautama and the rest, no faith arises in Vedic rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.44
योवैदिकमनादृत्यकर्मस्मार्तमथापिवा अन्यत्समाचरेन्मर्त्योनसंकल्पफलंलभेत्
yovaidikamanādṛtyakarmasmārtamathāpivā anyatsamācarenmartyonasaṃkalpaphalaṃlabhet
A mortal who, disregarding the Vedic rite or even the Smārta one, performs some other, does not obtain the fruit of his intention.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.45
इत्थंकृत्वार्चनंशंभोर्नैवेद्यांतंविधानतः पूजयेदष्टमूर्तीश्चतत्रैवत्रिजगन्मयीः
itthaṃkṛtvārcanaṃśaṃbhornaivedyāṃtaṃvidhānataḥ pūjayedaṣṭamūrtīścatatraivatrijaganmayīḥ
Having thus performed the worship of Śambhu up to the food-offering according to the rule, one should worship there the eight forms, which consist of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.46
क्षितिरापोनलोवायुराकाशः सूर्यसोमकौ यजमान इति त्वष्टौमूर्तयःपरिकीर्तिताः
kṣitirāponalovāyurākāśaḥ sūryasomakau yajamāna iti tvaṣṭaumūrtayaḥparikīrtitāḥ
Earth, water, fire, wind, ether, the sun and the moon, and the sacrificer — these are proclaimed as the eight forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.47
शर्वोभवश्च रुद्रश्च उग्रोभीम इतीश्वरः महादेवः पशुपतिरेतान्मूर्तिभिरर्चयेत्
śarvobhavaśca rudraśca ugrobhīma itīśvaraḥ mahādevaḥ paśupatiretānmūrtibhirarcayet
Śarva, Bhava, Rudra, Ugra, Bhīma, Īśvara, Mahādeva, Paśupati — one should worship these along with the (eight) forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.48
पूजयेत्परिवारं चततःशंभोःसुभक्तितः ईशानादिक्रमात्तत्रचंदनाक्षतपत्रकैः
pūjayetparivāraṃ catataḥśaṃbhoḥsubhaktitaḥ īśānādikramāttatracaṃdanākṣatapatrakaiḥ
And then, with good devotion, one should worship Śambhu's retinue there in order beginning with Īśāna, with sandal paste, unbroken rice grains and leaves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.49
ईशानंनन्दिनंचंडंमहाकालंचभृंगिणम् वृषंस्कंदंकपर्दीशंसोमंशुक्रंचतत्क्रमात्
īśānaṃnandinaṃcaṃḍaṃmahākālaṃcabhṛṃgiṇam vṛṣaṃskaṃdaṃkapardīśaṃsomaṃśukraṃcatatkramāt
Īśāna, Nandin, Caṇḍa, Mahākāla, Bhṛṅgin, the Bull, Skanda, Kapardīśa, Soma and Śukra, in that order;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.50
अग्रतोवीरभद्रं च पृष्ठेकीर्तिमुखं तथा तत एकादशान्नुद्रान्पूजयेद्विधिनाततः
agratovīrabhadraṃ ca pṛṣṭhekīrtimukhaṃ tathā tata ekādaśānnudrānpūjayedvidhinātataḥ
and in front Vīrabhadra, and behind likewise Kīrtimukha; then after that one should worship the eleven Rudras according to rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.51
ततःपञ्चाक्षरं जप्त्वा शतरुद्रियमेव च स्तुतीर्नानाविधाः कृत्वा पञ्चांगपठनं तथा
tataḥpañcākṣaraṃ japtvā śatarudriyameva ca stutīrnānāvidhāḥ kṛtvā pañcāṃgapaṭhanaṃ tathā
Then, having muttered the five-syllable (mantra) and the Śatarudriya, having made praises of various kinds and likewise the recitation of the five limbs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.52
ततः प्रदक्षिणां कृत्वा नत्वा लिंगं विसर्जयेत् इतिप्रोक्तमशेषं च शिवपूजनमादरात्
tataḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā natvā liṃgaṃ visarjayet itiproktamaśeṣaṃ ca śivapūjanamādarāt
then, having made the circumambulation and bowed, one should dismiss (the deity from) the liṅga. Thus the worship of Śiva has been declared complete and with care.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.53
रात्रावुदङ्मुखः कुर्याद्देवकार्यंसदैवहि शिवार्चनं सदाप्येवंशुचिः कुर्यादुदङ्मुखः
rātrāvudaṅmukhaḥ kuryāddevakāryaṃsadaivahi śivārcanaṃ sadāpyevaṃśuciḥ kuryādudaṅmukhaḥ
At night one should perform the god's rite facing north indeed always; thus, purified, one should always perform the worship of Śiva facing north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.54
न प्राचीमग्रतः शंभोर्नोदीचीं शक्तिसंहितान् नप्रतीचींयतः पृष्ठमतोग्राह्यं समाश्रयेत्
na prācīmagrataḥ śaṃbhornodīcīṃ śaktisaṃhitān napratīcīṃyataḥ pṛṣṭhamatogrāhyaṃ samāśrayet
Not the east in front of Śambhu, nor the north, since (there) he is together with the Śakti, nor the west, because that is his back; therefore one should resort to what is acceptable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 21.55
विनाभस्मत्रिपुंड्रेण विना रुद्राक्षमालया बिल्वपत्रं विना नैव पूजयेच्छंकरं बुधः
vinābhasmatripuṃḍreṇa vinā rudrākṣamālayā bilvapatraṃ vinā naiva pūjayecchaṃkaraṃ budhaḥ
Without the tripuṇḍra of ash, without a rosary of rudrākṣa, without a bilva leaf, the wise man should not worship Śaṅkara at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 21.56
भस्माप्राप्तौमुनिश्रेष्ठाः प्रवृत्ते शिवपूजने तस्मान्मृदापि कर्तव्यं ललाटे च त्रिपुण्ड्रकम्
bhasmāprāptaumuniśreṣṭhāḥ pravṛtte śivapūjane tasmānmṛdāpi kartavyaṃ lalāṭe ca tripuṇḍrakam
If ash is not obtainable, O best of sages, when the worship of Śiva has been begun, then the tripuṇḍra should be made on the forehead even with clay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition